i rise today to nominate the gentleman from california, kevin mccarthy, as speaker of the house. i rise to nominee kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate the gentleman from california. madam speaker, i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. i rise to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. madam clerk, to nominate kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. gaetz. donald john trump. trump. after ten ballots and now into an 11th, there is still no speaker. they even nominated donald trump today. but as usual, he lost. and that is where we begin tonight, on jet another day and night without a speaker of the house. it wasn t lucky enough seven for kevin mccarthy o
that s a problem. how do you lead with no principles? nancy pelosi has great principles. paul ryan had great principles. real quick, lightning round, how do you think this ends, congressman rooney, knowing these folks? how does this end? does kevin mccarthy end up getting the speakership? first of all, the war of attrition didn t work out for hitler and napoleon. let s sue what mccarthy can do. it depends on the never mccarthy people. are they tough enough to hold out. there s a couple white knights lurking out there waiting to pounce, and they re ready to go. spill the tea, michael steele. how does this end? the congressman is right. there are stalking horses who are stalking carefully. they do not want to be positioned as if they re trying to take out kevin. they want kevin to take himself out. by virtue of not being able to negotiate the deal. when that collapses, that s why we re now on the 11th vote. trust me.